Somehow I never heard that story despite how much I played that game, but I was always curious about the "Sleeping Tree"

This makes me think my belief that Photoshop Flowey's appearance was based on the final boss of a Strider game (or whatever THAT was based on) might hold water

I mean, look at this thing

That's what the nonsense Lorem ipsum text was made from, with that phrase being a result of cutting off dolorem ipsum, which means "pain itself"

I think I've only ever seen this or something very close to it in a youtube poop I watched maybe more than a decade ago

sometimes the TL lines up just right

That's sick.
The only way that could be cooler if it was deliberate

Having an orb floating between your horns is always very powerful